S11.14.020

Name/Title

S11.14.020

Description

Landslide repair on Mount Adams near downtown Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. Unit lithology in the area is interbedded shale and limestone. Bedrock is from the Ordovician Geologic Period. The image was taken by Richard Arnold Davis probably in the early 1980s. For more information, see: When the Hills Come Tumbling Down--Landslides in Ohio by Michael C. Hansen (Ohio Geological Survey, Ohio Geology Newsletter, Spring 1986) pages 1+. REVIEW This slide image included in the USGS National Digital Catalog for NGGDPP Grant G15AP00115 in FY2015.

Context

Far away view of landslide repair by constructon equipment; highway and city in foreground. Downtown Cincinnati, Ohio.